Air Travel on Official Tour/LTC: Post-facto Approvals will not be Entertained

“Post-facto approvals will not be entertained. However, in deserving cases, the proposal may be submitted with full justification for not obtaining prior approval”

F.No.9-21/2017-Fin.(Pt-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications
(Finance Branch)

New Delhi, the 20th August, 2018

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Procedure to process cases to accord exemption for air travel in airlines other than Air India in individual cases – Regarding.

Reference is invited to Department of Expenditure OM. No.19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 07.06.2016 on the subject cited above. In this context it is observed that a considerable number of cases in connection with travelling on official tour/LTC in private airlines (other than Air India) are being received for according post-facto approval. Availing the services of private airlines and subsequently seeking post-facto relaxation/approval is not a healthy practice.

2. With a view to avoid/the following procedure is prescribed for travelling on official tour/LTC:-

(a) Officers should prepare tour programme sufficiently in advance and tickets for Air India be booked.

(b) The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Finance for relaxation to travel by airlines other than Air India must be adhered to and request for relaxation be submitted at least seven (7) working days in advance from the date of travel.

(c) The tickets in either case should be booked either from the website of the Airlines or through the authorized agents nominated by the Ministry of Finance.

(d) Proposals for according post-facto approvals will not be entertained. However, in deserving cases, the proposal may be submitted with full justification for not obtaining prior approval.

3. The contents of this Circular may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

PRASUN BANERJEE
(a). the average time taken for Income Tax refunds; and

(b). the details of all pending IT refunds since 2014 and the number of people awaiting IT refunds as on date?

ANSWERMINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE(SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a). In the current financial year, the Centralized Processing Center (CPC) of the Income Tax Department, Bengaluru has taken on an average 43 days to process the income-tax returns of Assessment Year 2018-19. Separate data of average time taken in respect of returns involving claim of refund is not available. However, 83% refunds in the current financial year were issued by CPC within 60 days of filing of return.

(b). Out of all eligible refund claims filed in FY 2017-18, CPC has already processed 1.93 Cr cases. Out of the total eligible refund claims pending as on 01.04.2018, only 1.86 Lakh are pending to be issued by CPC as on 24.07.2018. Processing for eligible refund claims filed in the current financial year has already been completed in 17.92 lakh cases and processing in 19.61 lakh cases is under progress. Eligible refund cases are those cases where the return of income is free from any defect, the response of taxpayer to any notice for adjustment of income or outstanding arrears is not pending and the case is not covered under scrutiny.

The tenure of the One Man Committee shall be extended for a further period of three months upto 31.10.2018

One Man Committee headed by Thiru M.A.Siddique, I.A.S., Secretary to Government (Expenditure), Finance Department to rectify the anomalies consequent on the implementation of the Tamil Nadu Revised Pay Rules, 2017 and make specific recommendations to the Government on the anomalies considered by the Committee. The One Man Committee has been requested to submit its report to the Government by 31.07.2018.

The conduct of personal hearing meetings with various Service Associations and individual petitioners is in process and as it will take some more time to finalise the report, the One Man Committee has sought extension of the tenure of the Committee for a further period of three months beyond 31.07.2018 i.e. upto 31.10.2018.

whether the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations have been implemented in the Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) an office under the Ministry’s control;
(b) if so, whether all the benefits of its recommendations have been given to all retirees and retiring employees;
(c) the details of retired employees who have been left out and the reasons therefor; and
(d) how long it would take to extend all the benefits to retiring and retired employees of CSWB?

ANSWERMINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT(DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

Dear Sir,
Sub: Revision of Kilometrage rates and other Allowances of Running Staff – Summary Record note of discussions held on 04th and 05th January 2018 and meeting held between the Board (MS, FC, DG/P) and Federations on 10th March, 2018.

During discussions on some important staff issues on 06th June, 2018 and thereafter, you have assured that the Railway Board would revise the kilometrage rates and other Allowances of Running Staff satisfactorily very soon, taking into account the NFIR’s proposal seeking revision at Rs. 648.

In this connection, I request you to kindly appreciate that the abnormal delay in obtaining the concurrence of Ministry of Finance for revision of kilometrage allowance rates has been causing disappointment among Running Staff. I further bring to your kind notice that while revision of various Allowances has already been granted from 1st July, 2017, this particular case of revision of kilometrage rates for Running Staff is continued to remain pending even after lapse of one year.

I therefore, request you to kindly intervene to see that concurrence of Ministry of Finance is obtained at the earliest for revising the kilometrage rates of Running Staff with retrospective effect. A line in reply is solicited.